The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-07
The Glenn Bill at the North.

The Glenn bill is attracting a great deal
more attention at the North than at the
South. Some of the Republican journals
are certain that it is wicked and an out
rageous measure, and insist that the North
ern people shall put the stamp Of their dis
approval upon it. In view of the fact that
these same journals had nothing to say
when the owner of Asbury Park, N. j.,
proposed to deprive the colored people of
the privileges of that seaside resort their
attitude on the bill ought not to command
mnch attention. They must show that they
are consistent before they can expect to
have much weight in the discussion of color
line questions.
At the meeting called in Boston last
Wednesday night to consider the Glenn bill
there was great deal of nonsensical talk.
One of the speakers expressed the opinion
that Representative Glenn was a Demo-
cratic politician whose only object was to
increase his popularity with his party in his
section of the State. Another of the
speakers, a colored man whom Butler, when
Governor of Massachusetts,, attempted to
make Judge of the Cambridge district, and
whom the white people Of Cambridge re-
fused to accept, advised the colored people
TO use dynamite to secure their rights
Doubtless the Cambridge people were quite
right in refusing to have that colored man
for their Judge.
The impression seems to prevail at the
North that there is desire on the part of the
white people of Georgia to deprive the col
ored people of educational advantages.
That is great mistake. The white people
are the friends of the colored people, and
are anxious to assist them in improving
their condition. They are satisfied that
mixed schools will not benefit them any
more than they will benefit the white peo-
pie. In fact, they are quite certain that
such schools will be harmful to both races
There is strong sentiment in this State,
and in every Southern State, against the
co-education of the races. Indeed, this SEN
timent is not confined to the South. 1t ex-
lists, in lesser degree perhaps, at the North
1t is less noticeable in that section because
there are comparatively few colored people
there, and the percentage of them who are
educated in proportion to their number is
much larger than it is at the South. But
even with those favorable conditions mixed
schools are not be tolerated there. Why,
then, should there be such an cutlery in that
section when it is proposed, here in Georgia,
to put an obstacle in the way of mixed
schools9
The Glenn bill is in the interest of the col
ored people, and if they had not been in
spired by Northern agitators they would
not have thought of raising an objection to
it. The common schools are necessary for
would go backward instead of forward
The white people support these schools, and
the colored people get their share of the
benefits of them Whatever threatens to
injure them, therefore, is inimical to the
interests of the colored people. Mixed
schools threaten to injure them, and, hence,
it is for the good of the colored people that
they should be protected.
The Gsnn bill is nothing more than a
prohibitory measure relating to the coedu-
cation of the races White children have
been thrust into two educational institu-
tions at Atlanta The Glenn bill says that
these institutions which are intended for
colored students alone shall not be turned
into mixed schools, and it prevents mixed
schools from being taught anywhere else in
the State. The bill is not aimed at the At
lanta schools, but is intended to check at
once something which, if permitted to pass
umoticed, will eventually bring about a
condition Of affairs which will make com
mon schools impossible. 1t is intended to be
for the good of the black as well as the
white race. Whether it will prove to be So
time alone can tell. The abest men in the
Legislature regard it as legislation in the
right direction